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The Ministry of Contribution
We started this school for writers 8 years ago. Back then I thought it was our job to provide everything for the students that came here. I thought it was my responsibility to…
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You can’t stay here.
I reached my dripping hand up out of the dishwater and used the back of it to swipe away the long side bangs that escaped my bun. I paused for a moment with…
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For real
As I was praying about what I was to write about this week, in my spirit I heard the phrase, “It doesn’t have to be clever, it just has to be real.” If…
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To be delighted
In the past few weeks I feel as though I’ve come out of a cave. I didn’t even realize I had been in a cave, but sometimes it’s hard to see how dark…
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Kingdom Pollination
“You know how I know we’re not a cult?” I said as we were all walking into Wendy’s, “You all dress so different. That’s pretty cool ya know? No one is alike.” Some…
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What is your Overton window?
Have you ever heard of the Overton window? Brad was the first one to tell me about it, many years ago at this point. It’s a model of what is acceptable at any…
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The Well Witcher
I remember the day the well witcher came. I was outside riding my bike around the yard when I saw his beat up old truck pull in. I ditched the bike and ran…
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Panorama of a Spring Day
I had the idea for this next story on the first warm day of the year. We were at the park playing pickleball when I walked the little ones over to the playground.…
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Spring Glory
This is a creative non-fiction piece that I wrote for my newsletter a couple of months ago. It was May of 2020 when this happened, while the world was locked down and on…
